Apprentice Support Worker – Booth Centre – Southampton VAC-38882

The role of Support Worker with The Salvation Army is an inspirational one and key to achieving successful outcomes for our vulnerable clients. As a motivated and dynamic Support Worker you will be responsible for developing and delivering a high quality programme of support which promotes client choice and control. You will address client support needs, enable them to achieve positive life changes and ultimately empower them to lead more sustainable lifestyles.

The work of the Homelessness Services Unit is underpinned by our Strategic Mission Plan. In this document we have set out to ensure that our programmes encourage purpose and relationships, a sense of community and provide support.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:
– Understand and work within the Mission and Values of The Salvation Army acting in a professional and ethical way at all times when representing the organisation.
– Respect the diversity of other people’s culture, faith and practice.
– Carry out any client checks, planning and risk assessments as needed.
– Facilitate client meetings and other client participation methods
– Ensure locally established internal and contractual KPIs are achieved.
– Conduct regular client support plan reviews within contractual timeframes and ensure clients achieve their identified goals in accordance with Salvation Army policy.
– Ensure good communication with Assistant Support Workers, volunteers and other staff working with clients so they are aware of and involved in addressing the needs of clients as defined by their support plans.
– Support and develop volunteers, this may include on the job training, mentoring and day to day monitoring of allocated tasks
– Stay up to date with and work within regulations, policy, procedures and best practice in all fields relevant to work areas.

Our Core Values
All our work is based on Christian principles. All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our core values of:-

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Lifetime Training's founding principle was to support individuals and businesses to perform better through the delivery of outstanding training programmes.
Today this principle remains core to our business and has enabled Lifetime Training to become one of the UK's top training providers, offering Apprenticeship programmes, recruitment services and self-funded training courses. We have developed the skills and careers of thousands of individuals and have improved the performance of some of the biggest, and smallest, employers in the UK across a wide range of business sectors.

Careermap connects young people with educational institutions and businesses to make sure that young people understand exactly what choices are available to them when they leave school.

Apprenticeships are an excellent option for those leaving school to train and learn a role in a hands-on environment. Through apprenticeships, young people get the opportunity to work with experienced professionals who have a wealth of knowledge relating to their chosen scheme, so they can provide young people with support and guidance along the way while they also study towards a professional qualification.

There are a wide range of sectors that accept apprentices, including everything from health and beauty to engineering and plumbing. Careermap offers a wide choice of opportunities for young people to choose from.

How does it work?

The Careermap team recognises that the first steps in a young person’s career can be confusing, so they keep it simple from the start. Careermap ensures vacancies are being successfully filled, putting early career opportunities at young people’s fingertips. Along with their network of social media partners @CareerMapNews aims to provide the most viral content on the web for the youth market. The Careermap team thinks outside the box, using a fresh approach to inspiring and recruiting young people.

They offer thousands of exciting apprenticeships and early career vacancies every month for young people. They’ve even launched a new magazine to help young people make the right choices.

What are we saying?

Why CareerMap?

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Careermap is the leading website for 14-19 year olds looking for a pathway into employment.

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The careermap team recognise the first steps in a young persons career can be confusing, so we keep it simple from the off

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We support over 70 FE Colleges and Training Providers across the UK. In March 2015 we also activated recruitment campaigns for BT, Carillion, Prudential, British Gas, RBS, Rolls-Royce, Volvo and The BBC.